Quip Electric Toothbrush

I’m the type of person who cares about my teeth. The problem is that I am generally a moron when it comes to this stuff. I used to buy the cheapest possible toothbrush and the cheapest toothpaste—slathering enough on the bristles that it could have been considered an amuse bouche at a fancy restaurant. And as a floss hater, I basically threw a parade when precisely one study said flossing was actually bad. (Suck on that, four out of five dentists!) But worst of all, I just brushed until I felt like I had done a good enough job—me, a self-diagnosed dental-hygiene moron, trusting myself to know when I had brushed enough.

But thanks to the Quip toothbrush, I can still be that moron. This toothbrush is truly foolproof. The big selling point, for me at least, is the way it vibrates. Not only is it on a timer (two minutes), but it also pulses every 30 seconds so you know exactly how long you should be brushing each quadrant of your mouth—perfect if you, like me, are too undisciplined to count to 120 Mississippi.

Quip also runs on a subscription service—every three months, you get a new brush head and tube of toothpaste—which is a much better system than my old one (buying a new brush whenever I had just gotten over a cold, the one lesson I’ve remembered from a lifetime of caring for my teeth).

Those are the two banner features, but Quip’s full service includes all sorts of little things that make brushing better. There’s the stand that transforms into a travel case, and the tongue scraper on the back of the head. Quip also makes brushing better before you get the equipment anywhere near your precious pearly whites. Like, did you know you’re only supposed to use a pea-size amount of toothpaste? I absolutely did not, but it says so right on the tube of Quip’s toothpaste. So even if you’re the dude from Memento, you’ll still never use the wrong amount of paste again. The toothpaste also comes perfectly proportioned to last you through the three-month subscription cycle. I saved the most superficial detail for last: Unlike many other electric toothbrushes, the Quip is elegant and slender. I’d even call it sexy.

I’m not going to sit here and be like, Quip makes brushing FUN! You’re still moving a brush around your mouth for two minutes, not riding Space Mountain. But Quip makes giving my mouth the best care idiot-proof, and that’s what might make the difference between healthy teeth and dentures.

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